Numbers - 2:14



14 "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 2:14.

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Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
In the tribe of Gad the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel.
Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.
and the tribe of Gad; the prince of the children of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel,
In the tribe of Gad, the leader was Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Tribus item Gad: et princeps filiorum Gad, Eliasaph filius Reuel:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Reuel - Doubtless an error of transcription for Deuel Numbers 1:14.

Then the tribe of Gad,.... Who was placed on the other side of Reuben's standard, and according to the former direction he must be before, and Simeon behind; and Gad being the eldest son of Leah's handmaid Zilpah, is fitly placed under Leah's firstborn, and being the son of an handmaid, could not object to his situation:
and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel: who is called Deuel, Numbers 1:14. The letters "resh", and "daleth", being similar, are sometimes put one for the other, of which there are other instances, as in Genesis 10:3, compared with 1-Chronicles 1:6.

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